Hollywood Police ?victim? Should Give Thanks, Not Sue

She just got the biggest break of her life, with DUI charges dropped last week because Hollywood police were caught on tape talking about protecting an officer who rear-ended her car in February.

If I?m Alexandra Torrens-Vilas, this is the point where I thank my lucky stars and move on.

But this is America, which means she goes on the Today show and talks about suing.

Suing? For what? Because she encountered police who were so brazen and greedy that they blew a potentially valid case against her?

Police say that Torrens-Vilas flunked a field sobriety test and registered an alcohol level nearly twice the legal limit on a Breathalyzer the night an officer hit her car while she was stopped on Sheridan Street near I-95 in February.

But once a video emerged of police talking about bending the facts to pin the crash blame on Torrens-Vilas, state prosecutors dropped all charges against her.

The credibility of the case went out the window.

But that doesn?t mean Torrens-Vilas was sober, or didn?t commit an offense that night.

On the Today show, Torrens-Vilas disputed the validity of the Breathalyzer test, but she admitted that she told police that she?d been drinking that night. She said the arrest has been costly, delayed her education and tarnished her reputation.

She can try to make the case that she?s the ?victim? of police impropriety, but she doesn?t make a very sympathetic victim if the Breathalyzer results are true.

Her attorney said her constitutional rights were violated. What about the rights of the sober drivers on the road that night?

She should take this as a lesson -- albeit a traumatic one -- and move on.